In Cordoba during October to 2025An adult with diabetes is required $245,526 For your cover Healthy eatingAccording to a report from Regional Ombudsman. The value is 44.5% higher that Shared basketwhich means a Additional monthly cost of $75,651 Compared to someone who does not have this condition.
In case a Write family Of four members, where one of the adults lives DiabetesFood spending has increased $600,564much higher than $524,913 Which requires the same basket without modifications.
Cordoba introduced the country’s first diabetic basket
the Office of the Ombudsman procedure The basic food basket for diabetics (CBA Diabetes), an index made from scientific standards that reflect How much does it cost to maintain a proper diet? To manage blood sugar. The survey compares the same products as traditional CBA, but replaces those products whose consumption in a person with diabetes should vary: Refined flour, sugar-free products, with sweeteners, bread, and pasta.
Flour and legumes: the item that raises the cost
The report shows that the greatest economic impact falls on the flour and legumes category, which represents the largest category 34.8% Of the total value of the basket.
- Comprehensive products and reduced in sugar Cost between 145% and 200% More than its traditional version.
- The clearest example is bread: The cheapest whole wheat bread doubles the value of the French bread.
- the Sugar-free cookies Or the integrals also show differences up to 195%.
- This mandatory replacement of blood sugar control is the main driver of the additional cost paid by a diabetic person in Córdoba.
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Other staple foods also showed increases:
- Fruits and vegetables: increase on average 4.57%with peaks such as Mandarin (+32.64%).
- Meat: Increase it 3.83%; Only chicken decreased (-8.64%).
- Eggs and dairy products: moderate decrease to 0.55%.
- Warehouse: Fall 2.83%although there are strong differences in sugar-free products.
Social cognition points to a common finding: 9 out of 10 people with diabetes in Cordoba feel that eating healthy food is more expensive.
The Ombudsman’s Office completed the basket with a regional survey:
- 91% of diabetics say that eating healthy food costs more.
- 60% Always buy sugar-free or reduced-sugar products.
- 43% He follows a special diet based on whole grain products.
- 49% He feels that a diabetes diet costs about 50% more.
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In addition, one in three spends more than… $50,000 per month On medications, which exacerbates economic pressures on families.
Therefore, the results confirm A The price gap between the general diet and that recommended for diabetics. He explains in detail that the economic and accessibility problem directly affects the health of the people of Cordoba who do not have access to these foods.